#DEDB53#DEDB53

#DEDB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.155 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB53
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -15.43, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 66.74, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0479 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(57.0189, 66.8189, 18.0757)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB53 #5356DE

analogous

#DE9653 #DEDB53 #9CDE53

triadic

#DEDB53 #53DEDB #DB53DE

tetradic

#DEDB53 #53DE96 #5356DE #DE539C

square

#DEDB53 #53DE96 #5356DE #DE539C

split-complementary

#DEDB53 #539CDE #9653DE

monochromatic

#99971D #CDC927 #DEDB53 #E8E686 #F2F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DEDB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB53

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB53	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe589',
    500: '#dedb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb53;
$custom-light: #ebe589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86893,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB53

secondary

#383A9D

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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